When amnesty for illegal aliens is mentioned, one organization probably comes to mind immediately – the National Council of La Raza.

Did you know that during the eight years of Obama’s presidency La Raza has received $28,304,308 in taxpayer funding (and that doesn’t count millions more to their affiliates)? Is that how you want your tax money spent?

There is no question where La Raza stands. Its own website boasts that it is “the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S.” and points to its support for comprehensive immigration reform (amnesty), affirmative action, welfare programs, and “removing barriers” (i.e. voter identification) to voting.

La Raza takes a no-compromise attitude toward winning its battle for illegals. When Katherine Steinle was murdered by an illegal alien who would have been deported if not for San Francisco’s refusal to hold him for Federal authorities, most Americans were outraged. A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the policies of San Francisco and other “sanctuary cities” (cities which refuse to cooperate with Federal immigration authorities and protect illegal aliens from deportation). La Raza’s statement to the subcommittee blamed the murder on the failure of Congress to pass an amnesty bill instead of the failure to deport the murderer.

La Raza showed an equal lack of concern when it came to dealing with terrorism, opposing a bill to require that all airport baggage screeners be American citizens.

Since the 2016 election, La Raza has joined the liberal coalition opposing repeal of ObamaCare, demanded that Congress pass legislation to codify Obama’s amnesty program for younger illegal aliens, and called for the rejection of Sen. Jeff Sessions, nominated by Trump as Attorney General. The statement against Sessions was especially revealing, since it labeled his opposition to putting left-wing Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court as alleged proof that Sessions is “at best indifferent, and at worst actively hostile to more than half the country . . . .

It should come as no surprise that La Raza moves in lockstep with liberals on issues besides amnesty. It supports gun control, homosexual marriage, anti-energy environmental regulations, and shorter sentences for criminals.

La Raza’s Political Action Committee endorsed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, who promised to work with the organization for amnesty and citizenship for illegal aliens. La Raza itself was heavily involved in the election by conducting registration drives to increase the number of Hispanic voters. They claimed to have registered an additional 50,000 just in the state of Florida.

La Raza refused to invite Trump to speak at their national convention, accusing him of “a concerted effort to denigrate and demonize not just immigrants, but the entire 55-million plus Latinos in this country . . . .”

Twenty-eight million dollars buys a lot of publicity and influence. President Trump should not allow it to continue.